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Thursday, September 21, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

(Greenpeace)
1) Australian Broadcasting Corporation 07/09/2000 (Online) 
Thur, 7 Sept 2000 Shale oil developers reject carbon trade 
criticism Greenpeace claims a carbon trade deal between the 
state Government and two shale oil companies is not enough 
to combat greenhouse gas emissions. One hundred and fifty 
hectares of trees will be planted in the Miriam Vale region 

2) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) 
September 21, 2000, SECTION: News; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: 800 
Cities to Join in Europe's Car-Free Day; International 
Traveler / Update BYLINE: International Herald Tribune 
DATELINE: PARIS BODY: More than 800 cities and towns across 
Europe will turn their streets over to pedestrians Friday 

3) The Guardian (London) September 21, 2000 SECTION: Guardian 
Science Pages, Pg. 1 HEADLINE: Harvest of the ice field; 
Beneath The Frozen Antarctic Sea An Important Crop Is Being 
Grown, Writes Alison George BODY: Winter in the Antarctic , 
the coldest and windiest place on earth. Millions of 
kilometres of sea remain frozen all year, but as 

4) BBC Online Sci/Tech Thursday, 21 September, 2000, US 
'unlikely to meet climate targets' Arctic warming is 
gathering pace By environment correspondent Alex Kirby The 
US is "very unlikely" to meet its international commitment 
to reduce greenhouse gases, according to the country's 
former assistant secretary of state. She is Eileen 

ENERGY

5) States must look to sustainable energy, says SA minister 
ADELAIDE, Sept 21 AAP - Geothermal energy, wind farms and 
solar energy would all become essential to meet South 
Australia's power needs in the future, Energy Minister 
Wayne Matthew said today. Speaking at a conference on 
sustainable energy research, Mr Matthew said coal and gas 

6) The Guardian (London) September 21, 2000 SECTION: Guardian 
Home Pages, Pg. 2 HEADLINE: New cancer link to power lines 
BYLINE: Paul Brown Environment correspondent BODY: New 
evidence that high voltage power lines cause cancer by 
making particles of pollution stick to people's lungs has 
been uncovered by a team from Bristol University. The 

7) Reuters BP's Arctic Ocean Northstar field, is gearing up to 
drill as early as...
 USA: September 21, 2000 PRUDHOE BAY - One of Alaska's most 
controversial offshore oil ventures, BP's Arctic Ocean 
Northstar field, is gearing up to drill as early as 
November - and company officials say another similar 

FORESTS

8) COMPANIES & FINANCE: THE AMERICAS: Brazilians discover what 
their forest is worth on paper: Raymond Colitt examines the 
planned sale of CVRD's tree, pulp and mill assets: 
Financial Times ; 21-Sep-2000 By RAYMOND COLITT In Brazil's 
north-eastern Bahia state, vast eucalyp tus tree 
plantations stretch as far as the eye can see. A favourable 

9) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: MALAYSIA S SARAWAK STATE TO BOOST 
FOREST RESERVES DATELINE: KUCHING, Sept 21 BODY: The 
resource-rich East Malaysian state of Sarawak will expand 
the size of its permanent forest reserves from 6.5 million 
hectares as part of the state goverment's efforts to 
protect and preserve its natural rainforest beside 

10) BusinessWorld September 21, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 17 HEADLINE: 
Harvesting, use of anahaw to be regulated BODY: To preserve 
the country's anahaw palm (Livistona rotundifolia) or 
footstool palm, rules and regulations were issued to 
regulate its cutting, gathering and utilization through 
DENR Administrative Order (AO) No. 2000-64. The cutting, 

11) BANGKOK POST September 21, 2000 HEADLINE: FORESTRY: Teak 
seized after poachers fire at officials BODY: Tak - More 
than 100 illegally-processed teak planks and logs were 
seized after a gunfight between forestry officials and 
poachers in a forest reserve. Acting on a tip, a team of 
forestry officials spotted five men processing wood in Mae 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

12) Tough new food labels in store for Australia, NZ By Andrea 
Hopkins CANBERRA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Tough new food 
labelling rules proposed on Thursday in Australia and New 
Zealand will require manufacturers to list nutritional 
data, potential allergens and percentages of main 
ingredients on all packaged foods. The new food code, 

13) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: AUSTRALIAN COTTON GROWERS BUY UP A 
YEAR S SUPPLY OF GM SEEDS DATELINE: CANBERRA, Sept 21 BODY: 
The Health Department has approved seeds for 20,000 
hectares of genetically modified Roundup Ready cotton, all 
of which have already been bought by Australian cotton 
growers. The quantity was supposedly a year's supply, but 

14) The Gazette (Montreal) September 21, 2000, FINAL SECTION: 
News; A5 HEADLINE: A cloned chip off the old block: 
Scientists hope bull calf Starbuck II will be as prolific 
as his donor dad BYLINE: AMANDA JELOWICKI BODY: Although 
he's not the first, his creators are hoping he'll be 
stronger, healthier and, most important, as virile as his 

15) Africa News September 21, 2000 HEADLINE: Ghana; GM Foods In 
Africa BYLINE: staff writer, Accra Mail (Accra) BODY: Accra 
- Africa has for sometime become the dumping ground for all 
sorts of products and goods ranging from used clothing to 
industrial items from Europe, the Americas and the Far East.
But when food items shipped to Africa as humanitarian aid 

(Greenpeace)
16) The Guardian (London) September 21, 2000 SECTION: Guardian 
Home Pages, Pg. 11 LENGTH: 444 words HEADLINE: Farm trials 
in jeopardy after verdict BYLINE: Jamie Wilson BODY: 
Yesterday's verdict acquitting 28 Greenpeace protesters of 
criminal damage to a field of GM crops is likely to have 
ramifications far beyond the confines of Norwich crown 

(Greenpeace)
17) The Independent (London) September 21, 2000, SECTION: 
COMMENT; Pg. 3 LENGTH: 575 words HEADLINE: LEADING ARTICLE: 
LORD MELCHETT'S VICTORY WILL PROVE TO BE A DEFEAT FOR 
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH BODY: YESTERDAY'S STUNNING acquittal of 
Lord Melchett and the Greenpeace protesters who sought to 
disrupt the genetically modified crop trials in Norfolk is 

MILITARY

18) Deutsche Presse-Agentur September 21, 2000, HEADLINE: 
Pakistan starts mass production of Shaheen missile, says 
report DATELINE: Islamabad BODY: Pakistan has started 
large-scale production of the locally developed Shaheen-I 
missile, which is capable of carrying a nuclear war head, 
reports said on Thursday. "It is understood that mass 

19) AP Worldstream September 21, 2000; HEADLINE: Russia freezes 
laser deal with Iran DATELINE: MOSCOW BODY: Russia has 
frozen a deal to sell laser technology to Iran, which the 
United States said could be adapted to a nuclear weapons 
program, officials said Thursday. Yuri Bespalko, chief of 
the Atomic Energy Ministry's press service, said Russia was 

20) The Christian Science Monitor September 21, 2000, SECTION: 
USA; Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Big science. Big bucks. Big questions. 
BYLINE: By Peter N. SpottsStaff writer of The Christian 
Science Monitor HIGHLIGHT: Laser designed to help maintain 
US nuclear arsenal has run into a string of problems, 
prompting scrutiny. BODY: In the eight years since the 

NUCLEAR POWER

21) AP Worldstream September 21, 2000; HEADLINE: Anti- nuclear 
activists to block Czech and Austrian borders DATELINE: 
PRAGUE, Czech Republic BODY: Austrians, Czechs and Germans 
are planning a massive protest against activating the Czech 
Republic's controversial Temelin nuclear plant, media here 
reported Thursday. According to CTK news agency the anti- 

22) Russia planning to increase nuclear fuel exports. MOSCOW, 
September 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russia is preparing to boost 
nuclear fuel exports and to increase uranium output. 
 Itar-Tass was told at the Ministry for Atomic Energy here 
on Thursday that plans were afoot to extensively develop all
the sectors of the country's nuclear complex and to tap new 

23) Taiwan legislature to quiz minister over nuclear plant 
TAIPEI, Sept. 21 (Kyodo) -- Taiwan lawmakers decided 
Thursday to summon Economics Minister Lin Hsin-i to the 
legislature on Monday to quiz him on his stance toward a 
controversial nuclear power plant that is one-third built. 
 Construction of the island's fourth nuclear plant has been 

24) Reuters FEATURE - High energy costs cast new light on 
nuclear power USA: September 21, 2000 NEW YORK - A revival 
may be afoot in the U.S. electrical generating industry to 
bring nuclear power back from exile - with the country 
facing an energy crunch much as it did during the oil 
shortages of the 1970s, when the decisions were made to 

OCEANS

25) The Toronto Star September 21, 2000, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS
HEADLINE: FISHERMAN CLIMBS TO NEW HEIGHTS IN PROTEST OVER 
FEDERAL FISH QUOTAS BODY: HALIFAX (CP) - A battle for 
higher fishing quotas in Nova Scotia rose to new heights 
yesterday when a fisherman chained himself to the mast of 
the legendary schooner Bluenose II. Fred Sears climbed up 

26) NEW FUNDING, NEW HOPE FOR NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE By 
Neville Judd HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 20, 
2000 (ENS) - They used to roam the Atlantic in the hundreds 
of thousands but the number of North Atlantic right whales 
now stands at 300. Their migratory patterns are as 
mysterious to researchers as their existence is fragile, 

(Greenpeace)
27) AP Worldstream September 21, 2000; LENGTH: 656 words 
HEADLINE: Japanese whaling mission returns home, greeted 
with cheers BYLINE: GINNY PARKER DATELINE: TOKYO BODY: A 
ship carrying Japan's latest whale catch pulled into port 
Thursday, toasted by government officials who dismissed 
rising foreign criticism of the nation's research whaling 

28) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Japanese whaler says 
whales' eating habits changing DATELINE: TOKYO, Sept. 21 
Kyodo BODY: The eating habits of whales are changing and 
will likely affect the fishery industry, the head of 
Japan's just-returned research whaling fleet said Thursday. 
' Whales' eating habits seem to be changing...We need to 

29) CASPIAN SEALS DYING OF VIRUS INFECTION PORTAFERRY, Northern 
Ireland, September 20, 2000 (ENS) - Thousands of Caspian 
seals have died in the Caspian Sea since April 2000. An 
international team of scientists, working as part of the 
Caspian Environment Program's Ecotoxicology Project 
(ECOTOX), has now concluded canine distemper virus 

30) The Independent (London) September 21, 2000, SECTION: 
COMMENT; Pg. 4 HEADLINE: JELLYFISH WITH WHITE TURNIP SALAD, 
ANYONE? BYLINE: Christopher Hirst BODY: FOLLOWING ITS 
announcement two months ago that the cod is an endangered 
species, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has issued a 
warning concerning another fishy favourite. It seems that 

31) NATIONAL NEWS: Fish 'threatened by extinction' Financial 
Times ; 21-Sep-2000 By VANESSA HOULDER The seas around the 
UK are in crisis, after decades of damage, neglect and 
over-exploitation, a report warned yesterday. The study by 
WWF-UK, the conservation group, found that two-thirds of 
fish stocks have been over-exploited and are heading 

TOXICS

(Greenpeace)
32) South China Morning Post September 20, 2000 SECTION: NEWS; 
Pg. 3 HEADLINE: Marine life threat could halt dumping 
BYLINE: Gary Cheung and Cheung Chi-fai BODY: The dumping in 
mainland waters of toxic mud dredged from the Container 
Terminal 9 (CT9) project could be halted on Saturday unless 
the contractor can prove it is not damaging marine life. 

33) BUSINESS LINE September 21, 2000 HEADLINE: India: Spices 
Board offers help on pesticide residue BODY: COIMBATORE, 
Sept. 20. THE Spices Board Chairman, Mr S. Jayashanker, has 
called for a 'holistic approach' to tackle the pesticide 
residue problem in spices. Referring to the residue problem 
particularly in chilli, he said, a survey indicated that 

(Greenpeace)
34) Inquiry sought after Malta parliament protest VALLETTA, 
Sept 21 (Reuters) - A Maltese newspaper on Thursday called 
for an official inquiry into how environmental protesters 
managed to gain access to the roof of the parliament 
building last Tuesday while parliament was sitting. 
 Eighteen Maltese and foreign membbers of the international 

35) The Scotsman September 21, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 15 HEADLINE: 
OTTER'S FIGHT TO SURVIVE PUT IN SPOTLIGHT BYLINE: John Ross 
BODY: NEW research to establish the role of pollutants on 
the decline of otters across Europe will be called for at 
an international conference which opens today in Skye. 
 Experts from the UK and eastern Europe are holding the 

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